Conveyer.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

H. H. BIG-HOUSE.

GONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, 8. 1900 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

H. H. BIG'HOUSE.

OONVBYER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8. 1900.

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flw/io Afforneg IUNTTED STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

PATENT Orricn.

HENRY H. BIGHOUSE, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AULTVAN COMPANY, OFCANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,155, datedSeptember 13, 1904.

Application filed August 8, 1900.

To all whmn it Wmty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. BIGHOUSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oanton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oonveyers, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a conveying mechanism embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an elevation looking toward the righthand end ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the same.

My invention relates to mechanism designed for the conveying by endlessbelts of materials or substances in the form of long blocks, billets, orbars, and hasespecial reference to means for changing the direction ofconveyance of such articles and transferring them from one conveyer toanother in such manner that the billet or bar lying longitudinally uponthe first conveyer shall also lie longitudinally upon the secondconveyer running at an angle to the first, whereby conveyerbelts may beemployed of comparatively narrow dimensions sufiicient to accommodatethe widths of the articles conveyed Without regard to the length of sucharticles.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the first conveyer adapted forthe transportation of articles of the character above referred to andwhich is or may be of the general construction described in myapplication, Serial No. 26,290, of even date herewith. The supportingmeans at one end of said conveyer comprises a wheel or pulley 1, carriedby a suitable supporting-frame 2 at the desired elevation. Thesupporting and guiding devices at the other end of said conveyer, withwhich may be combined any preferred means for feeding or supplying tothe conveyer the articles to be carried, is not illustrated nor is suchillustration necessary to an understanding of the present invention. Aportion of the truck-supporting track is indicated at 3, adapted tosupport the truck-wheels of the conveyer, which may be of any wellvknown construction in which traction wheels Serial No. 26,289. (Nomodel.)

or rollers are used for supporting the conveyer-sections.

B indicates the second conveyer running at right angles or at otherdesired angle to the conveyer A and comprising the endless belt t,preferably formed of the linked trucks described in my other applicationabove referred to, an actuating or guiding wheel or pulley 5 at one endofsaid belt, (the actuating or guiding means at the other end being ofany suitable character not necessary to 'be herein shown or described,)and a track 6. The conveyer B is carried bya frame 7 at the desiredelevation.

I will now describe the means for guiding the articles to be carried andenabling them to be transferred by the mere action of the conveyers froma longitudinal position on the conveyer A to a similar longitudinalposition on the conveyer B.

8 is a deflecting means for the conveyer A, by which the delivering endof the same is carried or dipped downward from the wheel 1 to a point inproximity to the upper limb of the conveyer B, such deflecting meansconsisting, preferably, of a wheel of suitable character (similar to thewheel 1) to engage and support or actuate the links of the conveyer andthe conveyer as a whole. At one side of the conveyer A is a confining orguiding means 9, such as a board or rail parallel with the conveyer atthe edge of its conveying-surface, (the right-hand edge, as viewed inFig. 1,) and at the other side of the conveyer A is a similar guiding orconfining means 10. The guide 10 is, however, cut away or removed forall or a portion of the downwardly-extending part A of the conveyer A,and where it is so removed I provide a support 11, such as a fiatmetallic or wooden platform or plate, which is substantially flush andparallel with the upper surface of the conveyer portion A and extends,preferably, to and for a short distance along the inner edge of theguidingmeans of the conveyer B. This latter guiding means consists ofside boards or plates 12, carried by the frame 7 and properly related tothe upper limb of the conveyer B t5) maintain thereon the articles beingcarl rie The relatively long blocks or billets, which 1 are shown at C,are brought forward on the upper limb of the conveyer A between theguiding devices 9 and 10 and pass over the wheel 1 and down-the inclinedconveyer portion A. Their movement continues until their lower endsencounter the upper surface of the conveyer B, whereupon the lower endof each bar or billet so engaging the second conveyer is carried therebytransversely of the conveyer portion A, (to the left in Fig.

1,) the rear end of such billet remaining on and being still advanced bysaid inclined conveyer portion. During this movement of the billet itsmiddle portion will pass partly over or across the plate 11 and thebillet changes its position from parallelism with the conveyer portion Ato parallelism with the conveyer B, its rear end finally being deliveredfrom the lower end of the conveyer portion- A .to or near the conveyerB, its final delivery upon the second conveyer being facilitated orinsured, if necessary,bya sliding or rolling movement on the lower partof the plate 11. In Fig. 1 one of such billets is indicated as justpassing over the wheel 1, another as being transferred over the plate 11from the first to the second conveyer, and a third as being gnlallydelivered to and conveyed away by the The conveyer A is preferablyactuated from its delivery end, as by means of power-transmittingdevices 13 and a motor or power shaft 14;.

The deflection or downward inclination of the conveyer A, as at A, isimportant, as I am thereby enabled to cause the articles deliveredthereby to impinge upon the surface of the conveyer B, so as to beengaged and moved laterally thereby. The .conveyers are thus not only atan angle to each other with respect to their general directions, but thesupporting and delivering surface of the delivering-conveyer is at anangle to the upper surface of the receiving-conveyer. It will beunderstood that the entire length of the delivering conveyer may havethe "dip or inclination hereinbefore referred to; also that theapparatus embodying my invention may have several transfers from oneconveyer to another, the receiving-conveyer B'acting as thedelivering-conveyer for a subsequent conveyer and being arranged withthe described dip or inclination for the purpose.

What I claim is 1. In a conveyer mechanism, the combinationof adelivering-conveyer, a receiving-conveyer running at an angle theretoand, a side guide along the delivering-conveyer extending above itssurface, which guide isterminated or partly removed at a point remotefrom the receiving-conveyer to permit the articles conveyed to extend atan angle to both of said conveyers, whereby the forward end of sucharticle is conveyed in one direction by the receiving-conveyer while therear end of such article is conveyed in another direction by thedelivering-conveyer, substantially as set forth.

2. In a conveying mechanism for the conveyance and transfer from oneconveyer to another ofrelatively long billets or other articles, thecombination of a delivering-conveyer having guides 9 and 10, and areceiving-conveyer running at an angle to the other and having guidingmeans 12, the guide 10 toward the deliveringend of thereceiving-conveyer being partly removed leaving a space between the endof said guide and the nearer side of the receiving-conveyer to permitthe lateral movement of the article from the deliveringconveyer,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a delivering-conveyer, a receiving-conveyerrunning at an angle thereto, the guide 9 at one side of the deliveringconveyer, the partly removed "guide 10 at the other side of thedeliveringconveyer toward the delivery end of the receiving-conveyer,and the supporting means 11 in the angle between said conveyers.

4. The combination of a receiving conveyer, a delivering-conveyerextending and delivering directly thereto and having theconveying-surface of its delivery end running both at an angle to' thereceiving-convey er as a whole and at an angle to the receiving-surfaceof the receiving-conveyer, and guiding means adapted to permit thetransfer of relatively long articles from the delivering to thereceiving conveyer 5. The combination of a receiving conveyer, adeliveringconveyer, running at an angle to the first conveyer and havingits delivery portion A deflected from the main course of the conveyerand running downward at an angle to the surface of thereceivingconveyer, and guiding devices at the sides of said conveyer oneof said devices being partly removed to permit the transfer ofrelatively long articles, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the conveyer B having the guiding means 12, ofthe conveyer A having the downwardly-extending portion A, the guide 9 atone edge, the partly-removed guide 10 at the other edge and the plate orplatform 11 in the angle between said conveyers, substantially as setforth.

7. The combination of the frame 7, the conveyer B mounted thereon andhaving the guiding devices 12, the truck-rails 6 on said frame, theconveyer Ahaving the downwardextending inclined portion A, the frame 2whereby the conveyer A is supported above the conveyer B, guiding means9 at one side of said conveyer, the guide 10 at the other side of saidconveyer, and the transfer-plate or platform 11 in the angle betweensaid conveyers.

8. The combination of the conveyer A having the downwardly-extendingportion A, the conveyer B running at an angle to the firstmentionedconveyer, and the plate or platform 11 having one edge substantiallyflush with the upper surface of the portion A and having its other edgeextending along the conveyer B, substantially as set forth.

9. In a conveyer mechanism, the combination of the deliveringconveyer, areceivingconveyer running at an angle thereto, and side guides along thedelivering-conveyer eX- tending above its surface, one of which guidestoward the delivery end of the receiving-conveyer is terminated orpartly removed to permit the articles conveyed to extend at an angle toand to rest upon both said conveyers, whereby the forward end of sucharticle is conveyed in one direction by the receivingconveyer while therear end of such article is conveyed in another direction by thedelivering-conveyer, substantially as set forth.

10. In a conveyer mechanism for billets or similar articles, thecombination of a receiving-conveyer, and a delivering-conveyer havingits conveying-surface or plane running both at an angle to thereceiving-conveyer laterally and at an angle vertically to the re--ceiving surface of the receiving conveyer, whereby a billet or similararticle conveyed while lying flat upon the delivering-conveyer is causedto impinge at its forward end upon the surface of the receiving-conveyerand by the action of the latter to be partly lifted from thedelivery-conveyer to allow the turning or twisting of the article at itsrear end upon the delivering-con vey'er as it is advanced by the latter,substantially as set forth.

11. In a conveyer mechanism, the combina tion of a receiving-conveyer,and a delivering-conveyer running at an angle laterally to the firstconveyer and having its delivering portion A deflected from the maincourse of the conveyer and running downward at an angle tothe surface ofthe receiving-conveyer, substantially as set forth.

12. In a conveyer mechanism for billets or similar articles, thecombination of a receiving-conveyer, a delivering-conveyer running at anangle thereto, guiding means for the articles conveyed adapted to permitsaid articles to extend at an angle to both of said conveyers,

and a plate or platform in the angle between I the said conveyersadapted to support the articles while they are being transferred fromone conveyer to the other, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PRIMUS PHILIPPI, WM. A. LYNCH.

